$CULTURAL DISTRICTS

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Appropriates $150,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants to each State-designated cultural district in the amounts of $5,000,000 to each State-designated cultural district for the operation of the district and $5,000,000 to each State-designated cultural district for capital improvements to the district. Effective July 1, 2026.

Every action

10 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Feb 6, 2026HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Lilian Jiménez
2. Feb 13, 2026HouseFirst Reading
3. Feb 13, 2026CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
4. Mar 2, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
5. Mar 13, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
6. Mar 18, 2026CommitteeAssigned to Appropriations-Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee · House Approp-Public Safety & Infrastruct
7. Apr 17, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
8. Apr 17, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
9. Apr 17, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
10. Jul 1, 2026CommitteeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 5 cosponsors: 5 Democrats.

• Lilian JiménezD Primary sponsor · District 4